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The Collossus Computer was made by Thomas Flowers it cost £1000 out of his own pocket and it helped crack the Enigma code. Alan Turin used it to break the code. It was the worlds first programmable electronic Computer it lived at bletchley house at the original was destroyed in the second world war. The Collossus mk 2 is a revamped version of the original collussus it gets very hot and is one of the uks national treasures. The Man who made it didn't get remembered as well as Alan Turin but he was just as great. The Collossus was like a switchboard. It nearly didn't get made the boss of Thomas Flowers told him to forget it but he refused and made it out of his own pocket. Men like Thomas Flowers and Alan Turin were literally Computer Heroes most incredible computer legends of their time. The Collossus mk2 can
be seen at bletchley house. And The Collossus is literally huge that's why it's called Collussus like a Supercomputer of today in terms of size
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What was the third computer called?
Since an Abacus is technically a computer, I can only assume you mean the third binary electronic computer. This was called "Colossus Mark 1" and was developed in the UK to read encrypted German messages during World War II.The Colossus machines were the first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices and went through several revisions so if you define a computer in this way, a Colossus machine would still have been the third computer device ever to be constructed.After World War Two all the blueprints and Colossus hardware were destroyed in the interests of National Security and it was not for many years that its designers would receive the credit they deserved for the world's first programmable electronic computer.
Is the colossus computer still here?
The original machine is not - however... construction of a working machine was reconstructed in 2007.
The inventor of the collosus computer?
Tommy Flowers with input from Allen Coombs, Sid Broadhurst and Bill Chandler.
How many valves were used on each of the 10 colossus machine?
The Colossus was built using thermionic valves, thyratrons, relays and stepping switches.The Colossus Mark 1 used about 1600 valves and the Colossus Mark 2 used about 2400 valves. After the Colossus Mark 2 was in production and use the single Colossus Mark 1 was briefly shutdown and upgraded to a Colossus Mark 2. Five of the ten Colossus machines also had a device called the "gadget" that aided in a process called "rectangling", the number of additional valves added to each of these enhanced Colossus Mark 2 machines is unknown.
What is old computer?
An "Old Computer" would literally be any computer that has become out of date. Which is almost literally, every computer that goes out of the factory. However, most people would consider anything older than Windows XP to be rather 'old'.colossus
Why was the colossus computer desgined for?
the main objective of the colossus was to break the enigma code
What part of the colossus computer enabled it to do the processing?
The Colossus computer worked using one to two thousand thermionic valves.
Where was the colossus computer invented?
usa
What was the first name given to a computer?
mr. computer
How did people tell the computer colossus what to do?
Colossus was programmed by instructions punched on a roll of paper tape.
What was the world's first computer known as?
Colossus
Where was the colossus computer made?
Colossus computer was created on 1944-06-06.
What job did the colossus di in world war 2?
Colossus was a code breaking computer designed by Tommy Flowers.
Who found the computer named Colossus?
andrew gregory
How much did the colosses computer weigh?
The colossus computer weighed over 100 pounds
What was the programmable computer at bletchley park called.?
there were two colossus and the bomb
What are some of the Colossus computer problems with valves?
they were huge and you needed loads
